Nembus

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Nembus is a proper name given for 51 Andromedae (formerly Upsilon Persei).

[edit] source

• 1603　Bayer: Uranometria, leaf 11
• 1801　Bode: Uranographia, plate IV

[edit] etymologies

Bayer wrote that came from the Arabic (“Arab. Nembus” in his Uranometria), but it is neither Arabic nor Latin.

[edit] References

• Scans of the plates of Uranometria by J. Bayer, 1603 @Linda Hall Library
• Scans of the plates of Uranographia by J.E. Bode, 1801 @Ian Ridpath Homepage
• R.H. Allen (1899) Star-Names and Their Meanings, p.334